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Congratulations to Dave Garcia

POSITION FILLED

Executive Director

Affirmations Community Center

Metro Detroit’s LGBT Community Center

Headquarters: Ferndale, Michigan

Must demonstrate passion, knowledge, conviction, experience and commitment to LGBTQ people and families, and to the issues affecting their lives.

THE ORGANIZATION

Affirmations is Metro Detroit’s community center for lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender people and their allies.  It is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization serving people of all sexual orientations and gender identities.  Housed in a state-of-the-art, multi-use facility in the heart of downtown

Ferndale, at the Northern border of the City of Detroit, it is easily accessible from across the Metro Detroit area.  Affirmations is the hub of this community, celebrating wellness, personal growth and development, youth and the needs of its constituents.  Affirmations is the largest LGBT organization in Michigan, and one of the ten largest in the United States.

Offered to the members and community are nationally recognized programs in youth and health services, discussion and support groups, Helpline, volunteer and leadership development, and social and recreational activities.  Resources of the Center include the Pittmann-Puckett Art

Gallery, General Motors Foundation Media Center, Bayard Rustin Library, David Bohnett Cyber Center & Café, a rooftop sky deck and excellent recreational assets, all in 17,000 square feet of space that is new, modern and accommodating.  The Center is available to the public for events and activities.  Like many non-profit organizations, Affirmations has found the need to expand its scope of financial support.  Many programs are grant-funded, and the new Executive Director will be charged with developing sustainable channels of funding to bring continued growth and success to the organization.

The Executive Director will be the key leader, providing vision and building communication throughout the organization.   Of strategic importance will be promoting Affirmations across the Metro Detroit community, supporting the organization’s image with results that resonate with patrons and funders, while working collaboratively with organizations from the business, non-profit and public sectors to maximize broad-based support for the organization’s efforts.

The resourceful and community-focused person holding this position will provide leadership for outreach and service to all segments within the broader population.  Using entrepreneurship and a collaborative style, the Executive Director will foster and grow programs and participation in new and promising directions. Responsibilities include revenue accountability, with demonstrated ability to partner with funders and donors to support programs and facility budgets. Primary objectives include:

           Collaboration with the LGBT community to develop a sound strategic plan.                  Promotional activities to drive organizational recognition, membership and           

          program participation.

         Management of program initiatives.

         Leadership of staff and volunteers to provide an effective and customer-friendly  

          environment.

         Financial management to make the most effective use of revenues from programs

          and fundraising.

Affirmations is committed to serving as broad a constituency as possible and to providing a diverse and inclusive space related to sexual orientation, gender identity/expression,race and/or cultural affiliation, disability and socio economic status.  Affirmations is a welcoming and empowering organization in the service of its constituents. 

The Executive Director will have approximately 8 full- and 5 part-time staff on board.  Budgetary responsibility is presently $750k with mandate to grow. Success in this position requires the ability to lead the organization to meet the needs of its constituents. 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE/QUALIFICATIONS

The ability to work with and through people will be the most critical quality of the successful candidate.  An essential capability we seek for this key leadership role is the building of teams to achieve organizational goals.  Demonstrated through a minimum of 3 years progressively responsible management experience such as executive leadership of non-profits, for-profits, higher education, entertainment venues and other roles where profit/loss and the management of physical assets are part of the job.  Experience in serving the public through programming and event management along with in-depth knowledge of volunteer relations are critical assets.  Fundraising is an essential capability for success in this position, and relevant non-profit and for-profit experience will be evaluated.  A minimum of a bachelor’s degree is required, plus a record of professional development as demonstrated by advanced education, training and progressively responsible work experience where customer service is a key contributor to success.

Compensation commensurate with experience, with total compensation dependent on the qualifications and experience of the individual selected  The organization provides a comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, liberal time-off, and other attractive features. 

Affirmations web site:    http://www.goaffirmations.org/

It is the policy of Affirmations to provide equal employment opportunity to all employees

and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, height, weight, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, HIV/AIDS

status, political affiliation, veteran status, familial status, handicap or

disability status, or a Vietnam-era or special disabled veteran, or

other legally protected status in accordance with state or

federal law.  This policy applies to recruitment,

hiring, training, promotion, transfer,

compensation, benefits and all

other aspects of

employment.

For consideration, please e-mail your cover letter and resume (preferably Microsoft Word attachments), along with salary requirements to:

Robert Perodeau, Principal

Evergreen Executive Source, LLC

P.O. Box 412  Haddonfield, NJ 08033-0412

Voice (800) 286 4009   Fax (800) 451 1451

E-mail:    evergreen.source@att.net

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